According to Bob Hentges, on Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:25:34 +0200, >Sebastian Mangelkramer wrote: > >> Am Sonntag, 27. Juni 2004 12:29 schrieb Joan Tur: >> >>>Es Diumenge 27 Juny 2004 12:04, en Sebastian Mangelkramer va >escriure:>>| hello dear list, >>>| my acer travelmate 290lci (centrino) laptop drives me crazy because >the>>| runtime when i`m on battery is just about 1h 30min. i`m using >debian 3.1>>| sarge with kernel 2.6.7, cpudynd, hdparm with >hdd-spindown, ....>>| >>> >>> <snip> >> >> >> but not the f****** micro$oft optical mouse. >> i can`t belive this but if the mouse ist unplugged the runtime >increase up > about nearly 30% > >Are you sure that the Microsoft Optical Mouse does use so much energy? >For that would be freaking much... > >Friendly,
On ibook, not only the usb devices (any mouse, DSL modem...) use a lot of energy, but they also use it when ibook is asleep ! My ibook can stay asleep for nearly a week with nothing plugged in, but it sucks all its battery in a night if I let the usb mouse. Now, I rmmod usb modules when sleeping, but I have not tested thoroughly if this reduce energy consomption. > >Bob Hentges >-- >http://bob.hentges.lu/ > > -- Cedric "[Of course] I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king-a?!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail
